Tokyo: My Hundred Demon Scroll

The miasma mentioned by Nurarihyon is essentially the same thing as the modern ghost story of 'resentment'.

"In other words, humans develop resentment and seek containers for it, thus giving rise to ghost stories, which then evolve into monsters and demons."

"Yes."

Seeing that Gu Yun understood his meaning, Nurarihyon laughed and said, "It's not just humans; this world itself will constantly generate resentment and curses."

"Both are intangible things, and when they encounter a container, they will merge with it."

The miasma of five hundred years ago, the strange tales of today, may give rise to new objects of worship in the future.

“When ghost stories are born, they generally follow two paths and can continue to grow stronger.”

One method is to continuously absorb the curse, allowing the ghost stories to escape from their own little ghost realm, but instead of going to the human world, they return to the illusory world.

But such tales have lost their independent personality and have become a complete part of the fictional world.

"The other way is to come into this world and become part of the material world."

Nurarihyon: "These can be further divided into two types: abandoning the curse and carrying the curse."

The former will be reborn as a clean little monster, while the latter will be a sinister demon.

Demons are a category and a class.

Like Nurarihyon and Rihan Nura, they both possess the fighting power of a top-tier demon.

However, neither of them are demons, but monsters.

In short, Kayako, whom Gu Yun encountered when he was a child, was a vengeful spirit demon who had transformed from a ghost, possessing destructive power ranging from low-level to mid-level demons.

After killing an individual, the demon race imprisons their soul, devouring their memories and personality, making them extremely evil.

However, when a demon kills an enemy, it only destroys the enemy's physical body in the present world.

Essentially, this is just pure killing.

It may seem evil to humans, but it conforms to the cycle of life and death, and is not much different from the battles between humans and the wars throughout history.

The Exorcists Association is not so busy that it has time to maintain world peace.

Putting aside whether they can actually do it, they have no obligation to do so.

Of course, this does not mean that exorcists like Higa Kotoko would turn a blind eye to incidents of yokai harming people.

They will take action and defeat and destroy the monsters.

However, such behavior conforms to the laws of the underworld and the present world, and does not disrupt any balance.

Even after a monster is killed by an exorcist, its soul still exists and will go to the underworld.

Maybe in the next life, the monster will be reincarnated as a human.

"Some of the monsters under my command are transformed from ghost stories."

“Compared to those ghost stories that abandon their power and start over from scratch as little monsters,” Nurarihyon said with a sigh, “those monsters who retain their power and directly transform into demons have caused me a lot of trouble.”

Nurarihyon is not a racist, and neither is Gu Yun.

They wouldn't stand up and judge right and wrong based on their own moral values ​​simply because of a conflict between monsters and humans.

Even so, Gu Yun and Li Ban are ultimately the elder brothers.

They have their own set of principles for managing subordinates, and you cannot violate this bottom line.

Otherwise, the Nura Clan, despite its vast resources, could easily be ruined by a single bad apple.

“Yuanxing Temple…”

Gu Yun said a name: "I remember he's from the Nura Clan, right?"

Yuanxing Temple is an extremely evil monster. He is tall and covered in the fur of wild beasts.

In terms of pure combat strength, Yuanxing Temple is nothing more than a low-level one (from this point on, the term "demon" is used as a category, and combat strength is no longer associated with "demon").

It originated from a ghost story in a temple, and over time, it took on human form.

Even after becoming a demon, Genkoji retained its bloody and cruel side, enjoying feeding on young children and taking pride in it.

"Feeding human infants"

Gu Yun's expression remained unchanged, but his tone was suppressed: "Such trash has no right to be a member of Gensokyo."

"Indeed!"

Rihan didn't hide anything and spoke frankly: "Unfortunately, there are quite a few demons like that guy in the Nura Clan."

These monsters still pursue the belief in living livers and find pleasure in eating people and enslaving humans and the weak.

Even in the eyes of Nurarihyon and Rihan, they were the worst of the worst.

"If you don't like them, why not get rid of them?"

Gu Yun sensed the dissatisfaction in the other party's words. He looked at Riban, who seemed somewhat troubled, and asked, "Is there a problem here?"

This second-generation leader is not someone to be trifled with.

Act swiftly and decisively.

This is the true nobleman of the Nura Clan, Nura Rihan.

“Killing Yuanxing Temple is easy; I can kill him with one strike.”

Rihan also had his own difficulties: "What reason can I give?"

"I understand."

Gu Yun nodded and said in a deep voice, "Yuanxing Temple represents the demon race. The real problem is how to deal with all the demons and prevent them from rebelling."

At any time, a lord must give his subordinates an explanation.

This is not a matter of making an example of someone to warn others.

The demons are not cowards at all.

If you provoke them, they will rebel in no time and cause a huge mess.

"Yes."

Rihan nodded and said, "Mr. Gu Yun..."

"Just call me Gu Yun."

“Well then, Brother Gu Yun,” Rihan continued, “since you intend to recruit us, you must know about the situation within the Nura Clan.”

Because the second generation leader did not die, Rihan ruled the Nura Clan for nearly four hundred years, and his prestige even surpassed that of his father, Nura Nurarihyon.

Within the Nura Clan, Rihan Nura is the undisputed leader with absolute control.

There are quite a few demons like Yuanxing Temple in the group; if you count them, there are nearly a thousand of them.

However, compared to the Nura Clan's nearly 100,000 demons, even if these demons were driven out, the Nura Clan would not suffer any serious damage.

To put it bluntly, the strange tales and demons of Yuanxing Temple are just a kind of mossy disease.

'Using someone else to do the dirty work?'

This knife doesn't necessarily have to be Gu Yun's knife; it can belong to anyone.

Gu Yun also understood that Li Ban's difficulty lay in the fact that he could not do it himself.

Since he had come to join them, as the second leader of the Nura Clan, Rihan could not kill innocent demons without authorization.

You said Yuanxing Temple eats people?

But in the eyes of monsters, eating people is not considered a crime.

Rihan naturally disliked it, even felt disgusted, because he himself was a half-demon with human blood flowing through his veins.

But this is not a reason to kill Genkoji.

Once Rihan does this, evil demons like those from Genkoji Temple will cause trouble.

"As I told you before, ghost stories are the source of demons. As long as humans continue to send negative energy into the world, ghost stories will not disappear."

"As long as ghost stories don't disappear, demons will keep coming."

In this respect, the Night Parade of a Thousand Demons actually played an extremely important role.

They are like a garbage dump, absorbing large numbers of these evil demons.

If Hagoromo Gitsune ever runs into trouble, Higa Kotoko will likely step in and help her through the crisis.

The reason is simple: we cannot allow the demons to completely spiral out of control.

"The lords of demons and monsters absorb them," Rihan said, "using monsters to subdue monsters."

Therefore, the same applies to the Nura Clan.

However, their attitude was not to exploit, but to closely control and monitor.

That's right, Rihan kept a close eye on Genkoji Temple and never gave that guy a chance to take advantage.

"But this number of one thousand is our limit."

Li Ban said helplessly, "If we add any more, we can't guarantee that not a drop will leak."

Therefore, Nurarihyon chose to step forward and suggest that his son, using Kumo's Gensokyo Project, carry out a sweeping reform and purge within the Nura Clan.

"I have no problem."

Eliminating a group of scoundrels to ensure that other benevolent monsters can live in peace does not contradict Gu Yun's philosophy.

"If the room is dirty, it needs to be cleaned."

Gu Yun said, "However, we still need your help with the standards."

"Thank you!"

The father and son exchanged a glance, their hearts filled with gratitude.

Gu Yun did not get involved in this matter.

Who is guilty and who deserves to die is not something he should decide with his own words.

Putting aside the fact that it was somewhat overstepping his bounds, Gu Yun had no intention of taking on responsibilities that were not his responsibility.

Gu Yun could not possibly ignore something like Yuanxing Temple.